Verb

1. To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud.

Etymology 2

From a word game in Monty Python's Big Red Book in which the first player to write a novel wins; the UK Science Fiction fandom agreed that 100 words will suffice; not, as is sometimes stated, from the surname of the author Margaret Drabble

Noun

1. A fictional story, typically in fanfiction, that is exactly 100 words long.
2. A fictional story, typically in fanfiction, only a few hundred words long.

Usage notes

The "100 words" limit is the original meaning, although in practice (and drabble purists have denounced this extension), it frequently extends up to around 500 words, with a variety of limits used.

See also

• Drabble in dictionary.com
• Drabble in Merriam Webster